LEGEND - Veilbatross Priest
- Last updated Jul 16, 2020 (Pre-Expansion Nerfs)
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Wild
- 11 Minions
- 18 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Resurrect Priest
- Crafting Cost: 6900
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/9/2020 (Outland Release)
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Battle Tag:
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Total Deck Rating
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I HAVE OFFICIALLY REACHED LEGEND WITH THIS LIST! COME SAY HELLO AT TWITCH.TV/POIMLOK. The inclusion of Albatross prevents non-duplicate decks from using Zeph and Straza and can also ruin the draw of any deck if you copy it enough! It's extremely strong right now! If you have any questions, post them in my Twitch chat when I am live (twitch.tv/poimlok) and I would be happy to answer them! If you would like to friend me through battle.net or Hearthstone, my tag is: Poimlok#11231 [NA]
UPDATE 5/12/20 - I hit Legend for May a few days ago and was going through updating some of my outdated lists. I have recently updated this list to what I am currently running in the meta. Teron Gorefiend creates some seriously whacky plays, especially when you copy him!
UPDATE 5/7/20 - Currently at Rank Diamond 3 post-reset. Piloting a list similar to this without albatross tonight as a test. Will update within 24 hours and post pictures and videos with results!
UPDATE 4/19- Removed an embalming for Breath. Breath slows DH more efficiently and romps a newly popular murloc paladin list! [4/19] Also helps slightly in rogue matchup. Helps against lock board flood, including carpet lock. And helps to slow Totem shaman.
I have now been told by 20+ people they have reached legend with this list.
I would like to mention that I started this climb from the lowest rank possible for a returning player (I believe that was Bronze 10) and have reached LEGEND!
At the time of writing this, I am the only person I've seen running two copies of Sethekk Veilweaver....
My question to you is.... WHY?! The card is absolutely insane.
A few quick tips....
1. Be patient with your spells- take your time every turn and seriously evaluate the turn. You can make some nutty plays if you take your time.
2. SHADOW MADNESS IS BROKEN. You will find yourself taking some lock, druid, and other crazy Primes that you shouldn't even be able to use. It also demolishes aggro and now that it costs 3 mana, it's so damn strong. You'll even find yourself getting the attack reducing priest spell off Sethekk and you can steal some mean stuff from other players.
3. Try to play several turns in advance and keep your dead minion pool to only the cards you want resurrected. Sometimes, this is inevitable. In some matchups, you won't even need to resurrect. A lot of your matchups will be reactionary and defensive.
4. Sometimes it's the right play to drop a Veilweaver on turn 2. But other times.... you should save him for a turn where you can drop 3-5 spells in a single shot with him on the board. He will repopulate your hand with priest spells faster than you think... and getting multiple copies of Soul Mirror from him pretty much gives you an auto-win.
5. This deck is not easy to play by any means. I am a legend player and I'm not sure how well a less-experienced player would be able to see the smart / patient plays.
6. Always remember that MAIVE, the 3/5 DH LEGENDARY, and Galakrond Lock running STRAZA WILL CATCH YOU OFF GUARD. It sounds silly but you need to always make sure you are well out of lethal range because these cards will catch you off guard and make you lose if you aren't expecting them.
7. DO NOT USE BOARD CLEARS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THIS IS IMPERATIVE.
Mulligan:
Most of the time you want to keep Smite, Penance, Sethekk Veilweaver, Holy Nova, Convincing Infiltrator (control), VARGOTH, Shadow Madness, Albatross
VARGOTH WINS GAMES. In a control matchup, you keep him every single time. In an aggro matchup, you keep him if you have one of the above cards for the early game!
Against aggro you should definitely keep Shadow Madness and Holy Nova
If you have questions message me, any suggestions appreciated and welcomed! Stay positive as Blizzard adds changes to DH so we don't discourage them from adding DKs and Monks! <3
Side note! - I am hosting a tournament on Friday, 4/23 at 9:30pm EST for followers/subs. First come first serve. 6 spots are left. No entry fee. Classic and Basic sets ONLY. No DH. NO HoF. Message me if you would like to participate. I will gift the winner of the tournament 15 packs from the set of his/her choice! More details at Twitch.tv/poimlok.
Check out this playthrough by Tommy Wave! Thanks for piloting!
That would be piloting error, my friend.
Interesting deck and I have been looking to get back in to priest! Will give it a shot!
Hope you enjoy! Let me know if you have any questions! So many crazy unique plays you can make with this deck!
Hey guys, I've played Priest class since the beginning of this game and I've always reached at least Rank 5 (old rank system) each season but never Legend as I've always perceived it as way demanding in terms of time consumption. Before this deck I used Dragon Highlander Priest to get through the lower ranks but then I discovered this absolute beauty and have used it ever since, I'm currently sitting @81%wr in diamond 8 with this deck (17-4, all 4 losses against aggro/tempo dh, they draw way too much man) and for the first time I want to get to legend (thanks corona) and I'm confident I'll be able to as this deck is so flexible, you just need to think outside the box (for example Psyche Split a tasty minion or Apotheosis + Soul Mirror for some sweet life recovery), sometimes you'll need to keep resources for your Veilweaver (my new favorite priest card) but don't be afraid to go all in vs aggro if you must (especially against Demon Hunter). A big, heartfelt thanks to Mr. Poimlok for sharing and caring so much, power and trinkets for y'all! P. S. : Vargoth casting Shadow Madness makes you keep the enemy minion it gets casted on until your next turn, absolute madness indeed. P.S.: I would have posted evidence if I knew how to attach an image :'(
Thank you so much for the kind words and for giving my list a shot! Much love.
I actually tried to attach an image and I found a way. You must copy the Image address and paste it in the source slot. Hope it works!
you attach images using imgur website
I've been stuck for the past week between plat 5 and diamond 10. 4 times I was one win away from hitting diamond and dropped back all the way to plat 5 again. your deck just made me hit diamond and I'm still on a winstreak. 10/10 would copy again.
edit: sethekk veilweaver has insane value. amazing card
Hahahah so glad it is working for you! thank you so much for trying the deck!
Hi! Any suggestions to replace Soul Mirror?
I have a hard time with this question. I cannot suggest a card without restating that Soul Mirror is one of the best priest cards in standard. If I absolutely had to replace, I would probably use another Plague, Breath of the Infinite, or Skeletal Dragon. Hope this helps!
Thanks! I've actually replaced it with Skeletal Dragon which has great value imo. Also I've got Soul Mirror countless times from Sethekk! :D And you're right it's crazy strong. I'm thinking about crafting it, but so far the deck works great even without it.
Veilbatross is gonna get nerfed to 4 mana.
You think its gonna affect the deck? By how much?
Great question. It certainly will alter the efficiency of this list, unfortunately. =( I cannot say how much until I experiment... but some obviously OP plays will no longer exist - example: Turn 3 Alba into Turn 4 Psychopomp (one of the best plays of this deck). I really hope it will still be relatively strong, but we won't know until Tuesday!
I think Albatross will still see play at 4 mana. The benefit of this card outweighs it's new cost. It messes up HL decks and Pure Paladin. As for the other decks it is a huge problem to draw a 1/1 bird instead of a useful card at a critical moment and I am sure it happens very often. It may be be a problem to include this card in a deck for certain classes after patch but not Priest.
I think Albatross will still see play at 4 mana. The benefit of this card outweighs it's new cost. It messes up HL decks and Pure Paladin. As for the other decks it is a huge problem to draw a 1/1 bird instead of a useful card at a critical moment and I am sure it happens very often. It may be a problem to include this card in a deck for certain classes after patch but not Priest.
I agree with you!
I've been playing this for 2 days, and got stuck on the old ress. priest and was looking for another deck.
I tried this one, since I already got Diamond 10, soo had nothing to loose.
Ever since that I've been running a winrate of 79%.
Soo BIG thumbs up for this deck.
Thanks so much! Glad it works for you! Grind that legend!
very enjoyable deck - winrate is more than ok, and the face of opponent with 50 albatrauses in hand - priceless XD